Jason Michael Beck (born 1980) is an American football coach and former player who is current serving as the offensive coordinator (OC) for New Mexico. Prior to New Mexico, he was the quarterbacks coach at the University of Virginia and Brigham Young University (BYU), his alma mater, each under head coach Bronco Mendenhall, and as the quarterbacks coach at Syracuse under head coach Dino Babers.
 Beck in 2015 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | New Mexico |
| Conference | MWC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 1, 1980 Oxnard, California |
| Playing career | |
| 2002 | College of the Canyons |
| 2003 | Ventura |
| 2004–2006 | BYU |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007 | BYU (GA) |
| 2008 | LSU (GA) |
| 2009–2011 | Weber State (QB) |
| 2012 | Simon Fraser (OC) |
| 2013–2015 | BYU (QB) |
| 2016–2021 | Virginia (QB) |
| 2022 | Syracuse (QB) |
| 2023 | Syracuse (OC/QB) |
| 2024–present | New Mexico (OC/QB) |
Career
editEarly life and playing career
editBeck was born in Oxnard, California to John and Mary Beck.[1] He attended Hueneme High School. Beck served a 2-year mission in Denver for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prior to his collegiate career, from 1999-2001.[2]
Beck spent his freshman season at Ventura College and then moved to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, where he led the Canyon Cougars to an 11-1 season and Western State Conference title as a sophomore. He was a unanimous first-team All-Conference pick, throwing for 2,052 yards while completing 77.5% of his passes. He also added 430 rushing yards. He was also named to the Junior college Academic All-American list.
After transferring to BYU, Beck served as the backup to All-American quarterback John Beck (no relation) from 2004-2006.[3] In his lone start in a 38-0 victory over Utah State his senior season, Beck totaled 553 passing yards and 28 rushing yards, including 305 yards on 20-of-28 passing.[4]
Beck earned bachelor's and master's degrees in communications from BYU in 2006 and 2011.[5]
Coaching career
editBeck began as offensive intern at BYU in 2007 and then worked in the same position with LSU Tigers. He worked under former BYU head coach, Gary Crowton who was the offensive coordinator on Les Miles's 2008 team.
Weber State
In 2009, he was hired by head coach Ron McBride as quarterbacks coach at Weber State. At Weber State, he coached quarterback Cameron Higgins, who completed his four-year standout career as one of the top players in Weber State history and set many school records.[6]
SFU
In 2012, Beck was named the offensive coordinator at Simon Fraser in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.[7] At SFU, he turned around offense from being ranked last in Great Northwest Athletic Conference (in 2011) to first place in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense in 2012.
BYU
In 2013, he returned to his alma mater BYU where he served as quarterbacks coach until his resignation December 9, 2015.[2] He was hired by offensive coordinator Robert Anae.[8]
UVA
In 2015, Beck accepted the quarterbacks coach position at the University of Virginia, with Robert Anae as the offensive coordinator, going from BYU with Bronco Mendenhall who was appointed the university's new head football coach.[9] Beck left this position after Mendenhall announced his retirement from the head coaching job.[10]
Syracuse
Beck was hired as Syracuse's quarterbacks coach on December 26, 2021.[11][12][13] After Anae left for the same position at NC State in December 2022, Beck was promoted to offensive coordinator by head coach Dino Babers.[14][15] In his one season as the offensive coordinator Syracuse went 6-7 overall and 2-6 in conference. [16]
New Mexico
In December 2023 Beck was named the offensive coordinator at New Mexico, joining Bronco Mendenhall, who was also named the new head coach coming out of a short two season retirement.[17] This is the third time Beck has worked with Mendenhall. His previous stops were at BYU and University of Virginia.
Beck has coached three quarterbacks who have gone on to have NFL careers: Taysom Hill, Kurt Benkert, and Bryce Perkins.[18][19]
Personal life
editBeck married Jaime Rendich, an All-American BYU soccer standout, in December 2005.[3][20] The couple has a daughter and twin sons.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Jason Beck Athlete Profile - FTB". BYU Cougars. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ a b "Guy Holliday, Jason Beck hired as assistant football coaches". BYU Cougars (Press release). Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Karford Rogers, Brittany (Spring 2007). "The Other Beck". Y Magazine. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "Cougars Blank Utah State". BYU Cougars. September 23, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ Beck, Jason M. (March 8, 2011). A Comparison of Male Athletes with Teenage Peers in Popular Teen Movies (MA). Brigham Young University. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "Jason Beck - Football Coach". Weber State University Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "Clan name BYU grad Jason Beck offensive coordinator". Simon Fraser University Athletics (Press release). June 3, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ Pierce, Garret (August 20, 2013). "Anae looks to bring back the 'glory years'". The Daily Universe. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "BYU's Robert Anae leaving for Virginia, taking 3 assistants with him". Deseret News. December 9, 2015. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015.
- ^ "Bronco Mendenhall Steps Down". CBS 19 News. December 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "'Cuse Tabs Beck as Quarterbacks Coach". Syracuse University Athletics. December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ Fernandez, Roshan (December 26, 2021). "SU reportedly hires offensive coordinator Robert Anae, QB coach Jason Beck from UVA". The Daily Orange. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ Nate Mink (December 26, 2021). "Syracuse football will hire former Virginia assistants Robert Anae and Jason Beck to help lead offense (report)". Syracuse.com.
- ^ "Jason Beck Named Offensive Coordinator". cuse.com (Press release). December 26, 2021.
- ^ Flaherty, Kevin (December 10, 2022). "Syracuse football promotes Jason Beck to offensive coordinator after Robert Anae's departure for NC State". 247Sports. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "2023 Syracuse Orange Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ sports (December 20, 2023). "Former Syracuse offensive coordinator Jason Beck reportedly hired at New Mexico". The Daily Orange. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ Leiker, Emily (August 18, 2022). "Meet the new faces of the SU football coaching staff". syracuse.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ Leiker, Emily (July 21, 2022). "One of the ACC's top QBs 'grew up' under SU coach Jason Beck: 'He's ultra competitive'". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved December 10, 2022.(subscription required)
- ^ "Up Close: Jaime Rendich-Beck". BYU Cougars. April 7, 2005. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
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